Mill Details

Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill

Franklin Co. | Pennsylvania | USA
Known Dates: unknown
Township: Quincy Twp.
Watersource: West Branch Antietum Creek.
Location / Directions

Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill

From Waynesboro at Pa 16, take Pa 316 north about 3 miles to Wharf Road on the left. The road is now closed, but you can still drive to the mill which is only 0.1 miles west of Pa 316, about a mile south of the community of Five Forks at present day Nocodemus.

Verse for Thought
"You have gladly chosen Zion as your home, our Lord. You said, 'This is my home! I will live here forever'."
({Psalm 132:13 & 14 CEV})
Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/07/2007

Five Forks, formerly known as Mount Hope, had agrist mill in the mid-1800's. Perhaps this mill is the same one?

Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/07/20007

The doors up the front on each floor and the sack hoist have been enclosed with framework.

Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/07/2007

The steel overshot waterwheel is approximately 5' wide and 4' in diameter.

Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/07/2007

The wheel is supplied with water via an underground 2' penstock that comes up into a distribution box that pours the water evenly across the wheel.

Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/07/2007

The arch at the rear of the mills foundation is the site of the penstock entrance, although several feet lower.

Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/07/2007

The mill appears presently abandoned, but may be or recently has been used as a residence.

Nicodemus Mill / Wharf Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/07/2007

 
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